In Thursday's non-league outing, the Frontier Cougars (New Matamoras, OH) basketball squad edged the visiting Barnesville Shamrocks (Barnesville, OH), by a count of 38-35.

The Cougars (1-6) will now prepare for their outing against Beallsville (Beallsville, OH). The Blue Devils go into the non-league outing with a 3-4 record. In their last outing, Beallsville was tipped by Madonna (Weirton, WV), 76-36, in a league outing.

The Shamrocks now hold a 2-7 record. They play next when they host Caldwell for a Ohio Valley AAA outing on Tuesday, January 3. Barnesville will clash with a Redskins squad coming off a 72-61 non-league loss to Scott (Madison, WV). The Redskins record now stands at 6-1.